For the Bottega Veneta Summer 2025 campaign, Creative Director Matthieu Blazy crafts a coming-of-age story where animal shapes abound, playful yet purposeful.

“As a kid, there is the adventure of the everyday – there’s a feeling that anything could happen, no matter how fantastical, and we are not so bound by regular expectations and conventions. The door is open to the possibility of strange realities and wonder, impossible scenarios that banish disillusion,” said Matthieu Blazy.

In the collection, a new kind of power dressing is evoked; the power of sincerity, of characters discovering who they are by remembering who they once were. This season, thrives on exaggerated proportions, tactile details, and a sense of the surreal, all under Matthieu Blazy’s visionary touch.

Photographed by Sander Houthuys, Bottega Veneta’s summer 2025 campaign features an eclectic cast: Kaplan Hani, Larry Scott, Li Cheng Yuan, Nicolo Sala, Youssef Rocha, and Mohammed Banze. They lounge against plush, oversized animal-shaped cushions—an unexpected nod to childhood that softens the sharp lines of the collection.